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The Magic T-Shirts
At the very first meeting I had with the teen leaders for Mochudi Teen Club in 2011, they asked about getting T-shirts. They wanted to design shirts and have them made. I acknowledged it was a nice idea, secretly blew … Continue reading
HIV/AIDS Successes and Challenges
Recently NPR aired a few shows telling about successes Botswana has enjoyed in its fight against HIV/AIDS. A friend recently heard one of those show titled “Stunning Achievement Against Aids”, and asked me my opinion on it, as someone “on … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Service - Year 2
Tagged AIDS, ARV, Botswana, George Bush, HIV, Mobley, Mogae, Peace Corps, PEPFAR
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I Went to a Funeral this Morning
I went to a funeral this morning. It was for a 15 year old boy named Bofelo. He had attended Mochudi Teen Club in 2010, but hadn’t been coming recently. I’ve been working with Teen Club since June of 2011 … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Service - Year 1
Tagged AIDS, Botswana, Death, funeral, HIV, Mobley, Peace Corps
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Recent Events (BOTS-11, Rhinos, Furniture, EBP, and Language Week)
A lot of things have happened over the last few months that I have not written about. Before they completely slip my mind, I will write about several of those events together in this post… BOTS-11 The next group of … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Service - Year 1, Travel
Tagged AIDS, Botswana, Mobley, Peace Corps
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AIDS 101… Volunteering for AID Atlanta
Since the Peace Corps will be assigning us to the HIV/AIDS Capacity Building project in Botswana, Tish and I are trying to learn all we can about HIV/AIDS. To that end we have looked for volunteer opportunities here in Atlanta … Continue reading